Category: Issues
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Broward’s unique bail reform policy avoids political pitfalls as it nears first anniversary
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Bail reform came to Broward last year crafted to allow poor people arrested for misdemeanors and non-violent third-degree felonies, but who pose no risk to the public, to get out of jail without having to post any cash. -
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DeSantis uses case of Parkland killer Cruz to play politics with the death penalty
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
With the Donald Dillbeck execution on Feb. 23, another one set for April 12 and many more inmates he can condemn at will, Gov. Ron DeSantis is using his death warrant power to brand himself as Florida’s chief avenger. -
State senator who backed flying confederate battle flag tweets he’s not ‘confederate sympathizer’
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Oops. That’s the key takeaway from Republican State Sen. Jay Collins’ chief of staff’s tweet Wednesday declaring that his boss’s proposed legislation to authorize the confederate battle flag to be flown on state and local government buildings in Florida was merely a blunder. -
A move to resurrect the confederate flag across Florida quickly fizzles in public sunlight
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Eight years after the Florida senate stripped the confederate battle flag from that chamber’s official seal, a state senator tried briefly Tuesday to ensure the confederate flag could fly at government buildings across the state. -
First Baptist Pastor James Welch exits, starting ‘new chapter’ at Fort Lauderdale church after turbulent era
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
James Welch, the polarizing lead pastor of Fort Lauderdale’s venerable First Baptist Church, abruptly left the pulpit this week, according to a church insider who shared the news with exiled congregants. -
For Ron DeSantis, freedom means not having to discuss Guantanamo in new book
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
In his new book, Gov. Ron DeSantis had the opportunity to discuss his record as a U.S. Navy JAG officer in Guantanamo, where a former detainee has accused him of involvement in illegal acts of torture amid a crackdown on hunger strikers in 2006. Yet he chose to remain largely silent.
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